#48BCE0#48BCE0

#48BCE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.114 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48BCE0
RGBrgb(72, 188, 224)
HSLhsl(194, 71%, 58%)
HSVhsv(194, 68%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(67.9%, 16.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(71.37, -21.28, -27.52)
CIE-LCHlch(71.37, 34.79, 232.29°)
OKLaboklab(74.45% -0.0846 -0.0768)
OKLCHoklch(74.45% 0.114 222.2)
XYZxyz(34.1048, 42.7222, 76.9554)
Luminance0.4273 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48BCE0 #E06C48
analogous
#48E0B8 #48BCE0 #4870E0
triadic
#48BCE0 #E048BC #BCE048
tetradic
#48BCE0 #B848E0 #E06C48 #70E048
square
#48BCE0 #B848E0 #E06C48 #70E048
split-complementary
#48BCE0 #E04870 #E0B848
monochromatic
#197794 #22A1C9 #48BCE0 #7CCFE9 #B1E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20
#48BCE0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55
#48BCE0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCE0
9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48BCE0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48BCE01.002.209.559.55
#FFFFFF2.201.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5521.001.001.00
##0000009.5521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A7B8E2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#92A8E0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C7C8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48bce0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.114 222.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0e9',
    500: '#48bce0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48bce0;
$custom-light: #8cd0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48bce0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.211,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74449,
    "c": 0.11433,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48BCE0
secondary
#E0B2A4
accent
#653AEE
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FD
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0E1416
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#48BCE0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva